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Government Investment in Suriname’s Statistical S ystem

Mrs. Dayenne Wielingen – Verwey Deputy Chair Commission General Bureau of Statistics May 26 th , 2014 Grenada. Government Investment in Suriname’s Statistical S ystem. The Statistical System of Suriname General Bureau of Statistics History Organization Resources Investments

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Government Investment in Suriname’s Statistical S ystem

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  1. Mrs. Dayenne Wielingen – Verwey Deputy Chair Commission General Bureau of Statistics May 26th , 2014 Grenada Government Investment in Suriname’s Statistical System

  2. The Statistical System of Suriname • General Bureau of Statistics • History • Organization • Resources • Investments • Financial • Non - Financial Contents

  3. Overview of the Statistical System • General Bureau of Statistics • Ministries of • Agriculture • Finance • Health • Internal Affairs • Labor • Police and Justice • Social Affairs • Trade and Industry • Suriname Tourism Foundation • Central Bank

  4. General Bureau of Statistics • Established, January 1st 1947 • 1991 - 2002 under the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation. • Statistics Act of 1954 • Semi-autonomous organization in 2002 (Foundation) • Since September 2010 housed at the Ministry of Finance. • The Statistics Act of 2002) • Census Act 1949

  5. organization General Bureau of Statistics

  6. Board General Bureau of Statistics • The Committee of Statistics (Board) is responsible for guidance and supervision of the Statistical System in general and, in particular, the GBS • The composition of the Commission : • Government (1) • Private Sector (2) • NGO (1) • Union movement (2) • University (1) • Central Bank (1) • Planning Office Suriname (1)

  7. The Bureau works with an annual budget. • Vast majority from the government • Develop activities to gather additional resources. • Assignments for third parties on a commercial basis.  GBS Resources

  8. Financial • Non - Financial Government Investments

  9. Financial Investments

  10. Legislation • Customize the Statictical act (International Standards) • Customize Statuts • NSDS (National Strategy Development of Statistics) • Determine strategies to improve the quality of statistics. • Training Non - Financial Investments

  11. “Good Statistics are a Core Component of Good Governance” Mrs. Dayenne Wielingen – Verwey Deputy Chair, Commission GBS yenwiel@gmail.com Economic Policy Officer Suriname Trade & Industry Association dayenne.wielingen@vsbstia.org

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